Coach Pen

Frequently asked

Questions, answered.

Everything people usually ask before getting started. Still stuck? Get in touch.

Getting started

Coach Pen is a writing-improvement tool. It marks your own writing, gives coaching feedback, and teaches one technique at a time. You can aim it at a specific exam or simply work on writing in general.

Anyone who wants to write better — school students preparing for exams like NSW Selective or NAPLAN, adults sitting IELTS, TOEFL, or Cambridge English, and writers improving for their own sake.

No. Coach Pen runs in your browser. Create a free account and you can start straight away — no card required for the free plan.

How Coach Pen works

No — and that's deliberate. Coach Pen coaches your own writing: it names what's working, shows what to fix, and teaches the technique, but every word stays yours.

You paste your writing (or sit a practice task) and Coach Pen scores it against the relevant rubric, with specific feedback on your actual words rather than generic tips.

Good writing is built from learnable moves grouped under six traits — ideas, organisation, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. Each tool teaches one move and has you practise it until it sticks.

NSW Selective, IELTS, NAPLAN, TOEFL, and Cambridge English — each with its own rubric and difficulty. You can also choose general improvement with no specific exam.

Plans & billing

No. The Warm-up plan is free forever and needs no card. Add a paid plan only when you're ready for the full library.

Yes. Plans are month-to-month (or yearly if you choose). Cancel in a click and you keep access until the period ends.

Writer includes one exam module of your choice. Scholar includes all of them — NSW Selective, IELTS, NAPLAN, TOEFL, and Cambridge English — and any we add later.

Your writing is used only to coach you. We never sell it or use it to train public models. You can delete it at any time.

Anytime. Upgrades apply immediately and are prorated; downgrades take effect at the next renewal.

Yes — for households and schools that need several seats, get in touch and we'll sort out a plan.

Privacy & safety

Your writing is used only to coach you. We never sell it or use it to train public models, and you can delete it at any time. Full details are in our Privacy Policy.

Yes. Younger learners' accounts should be created and supervised by a parent, guardian, or school, who accepts the terms on the child's behalf.